Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
Registered 
individual 
Total 
under 
state law 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
8,739 
7,329 
637 
537 
acres 
661,285 
427,216 
93,494 
83,404 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,170 
694 
459 
425 
acres 
143,956 
71,923 
68,990 
65,164 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
7,329 
7,329 
- 
- 
acres 
427,216 
427,216 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
787 
- 
787 
655 
acres 
109,138 
- 
109,138 
96,926 
Registered under state law 
farms 
655 
- 
655 
655 
acres 
96,926 
96,926 
96,926 
Corporation 
farms 
824 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
155,725 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
734 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
143,526 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
14 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
720 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
90 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
12,199 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
88 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
131 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
22,978 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,704 
1,667 
368 
327 
workers 
24,561 
8,607 
4,037 
3,654 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,613 
831 
240 
212 
workers 
8,703 
2,731 
1,544 
1,340 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,838 
1,188 
244 
219 
workers 
15,858 
5,876 
2,493 
2,314 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
280 
139 
49 
46 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
16 
10 
3 
3 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
4,609 
3,822 
386 
315 
workers 
10,399 
8,586 
933 
755 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,237 
1,944 
158 
135 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,221 
3,576 
297 
233 
50 to 69 acres 
584 
435 
56 
49 
70 to 99 acres 
529 
424 
53 
45 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
431 
303 
58 
51 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
246 
173 
28 
27 
180 to 219 acres 
149 
102 
18 
15 
220 to 259 acres 
104 
73 
11 
7 
260 to 499 acres 
288 
164 
52 
41 
500 to 999 acres 
182 
99 
30 
27 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
80 
29 
22 
21 
2,000 acres or more 
20 
7 
4 
4 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,115 
968 
83 
74 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
791 
598 
89 
70 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
537 
402 
57 
53 
production (1 1 14) 
1,565 
1,124 
160 
138 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
1,521 
1,337 
95 
71 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
“ 
" 
“ 
“ 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
1,521 
1,337 
95 
71 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
701 
630 
39 
29 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
9 
9 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
76 
56 
11 
9 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
60 
56 
1 
1 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
455 
385 
39 
33 
Sheep and goat farming (1 124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
630 
580 
24 
17 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,611 
1,184 
189 
160 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,224 
1,036 
99 
76 
number 
31,449 
19,579 
5,002 
4,320 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
713 
643 
36 
23 
1 0 to 49 
358 
287 
42 
34 
50 to 99 
80 
64 
9 
8 
100 to 199 
46 
34 
5 
5 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
148 New Jersey 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
